We don’t support giving govt 4yr term - we already get screwed in 3 yr term imagine no tiriti protection for 4yrs! It gives the elected more power than the voters, do better not longer.
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The problem even if they delivered all that package as part of the deal for 4 year terms is that it doesn’t address key problems because they were outside the Review’s terms of reference. They will not strengthen the legislature nor disperse power to communities.
Yes, the review was limited to the electoral process.
It also doesn't remove the monarchy, but the recommendations are still obviously a huge improvement because they've been ignored by all successive governments.
The 4y term recommendation was only for a referendum, not a guaranteed extension.
The problem with giving NZers a referendum option is that we will normally choose the stupidest, most conservative, most costly option cf. Flag, cannabis, allowing assaults on children, continuing military service, punitive justice, torpedoing compulsory savings etc etc.
That’s disappointing. Personally I’m happy the current government only has 3 years, but 4 years is better to get stuff done. We have 4 years in the Netherlands (just like a majority of most OECD countries) which works pretty well. So I think 4 years is the right way to go.
It does. But a lot of countries don't. Also, only 3 countries in the OECD have 3-year cycles (AU, NZ and Mexico). The rest is all 4 or 5 years. See numbers below. P.S. this data I have pulled from Claude AI.
I used to be agnostic on 3-vs-4yr terms, but we have decades of experience of both in Westminster systems, let alone others. If 4yr terms produced better outcomes it should be demonstrable quantitatively, yet all the arguments remain “it works fine elsewhere” or otherwise vibes-based
I get your point. The downside of this system is that you only get like 1.5 year of really making policy changes. The first part of the cycle, it’s forming a government and the last year is mainly gearing up for election.
Yes, I’ve researched this for Aus, where all the states have shifted to 4yr terms. The area I looked at was political leadership and overall it’s a wash, premiers do not serve for notably longer or shorter when comparing the 4yr era to the preceding 50 years with 3yr terms
The sheer arrogance of coming to cross-party agreement on long term planning only to have it all thrown out with the bathwater as soon as they get voted in is gobsmacking. 4 years is a no from me
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ALL the reforms, not a distraction about the least democratic reform!
https://bsky.app/profile/jessterraformearth.bsky.social/post/3lj4fkvvfec2k
It also doesn't remove the monarchy, but the recommendations are still obviously a huge improvement because they've been ignored by all successive governments.
The 4y term recommendation was only for a referendum, not a guaranteed extension.
Also AU is considering a 4-year election cycle.